parseEther

parseEther(ether, unit?): bigint

Converts a string representation of ether to numerical wei.

• Docs: https://viem.sh/docs/utilities/parseEther

Parameters

• ether: string

• unit?: "wei" | "gwei"

Returns

bigint

Example

import { parseEther } from 'viem'

parseEther('420')
// 420000000000000000000n

Defined in

node_modules/.pnpm/viem@2.21.1_bufferutil@4.0.8_typescript@5.6.2_utf-8-validate@6.0.4_zod@3.23.8/node_modules/viem/_types/utils/unit/parseEther.d.ts:15